Dominique Roche (20 Sep 2018) - [Porcupine Reservoir]
- Common Merganser. First, they were relatively close to the dam (300-400
meters) swimming along the left bank. After a few minutes they took off and flew
over the dam. -- They are likely the parents and offsprings of local
reproductive success. Reproduction of this species was documented in July 14,
2015 and July 6, 2016 by Peter Bergeson and myself, respectively. Peter observed
a female with 15 fledged youngs; i observed a female with 18 fledged young.

Edna Berry (9 Sep 2018) - [Providence, UT] -
Western Screech-Owl. Heard calling. Double checked the calls but definitely
a Western Screech-Owl hollow toot-toot-tootootooot. As though a ball bounced
once, twice, then gently bounced on the ground until it came to a rest.

Justin Neal (14 Sep 2018) - [Gunsight Pass to Kings
Peak] - White-tailed Ptarmigan. I believe a non-birder in the party got a
few photos which I will post within a week. Smaller than the Dusky Grouse with
white tail. Seen at about 12,000 elevation in open habitat.
-- Also seen: Red-tailed Hawk, Mountain Bluebird,
American Robin, American Pipit, Black Rosy-Finch, Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed
Junco, White-crowned Sparrow, Orange-crowned Warbler

Loren Raymond (29 Sep 2018) - [Bryce Canyon] - Gray
Vireo. Bird appeared on pine branch at rim edge of Bryce Canyon. The breast
was strikingly light gray and fairly uniform in color. Head, back, and wings
were smooth gray color and not particularly dark. Seemed to lack the two wing
bars of the Plumbeous Vireo and was lighter in color in both wings and back than
the Plumbeous. One wing bar was present and the complete eyering was obvious,
but the pronounced spectacles of the Plumbeous were not evident.

Mike Fish (30 Sep 2018) - [Panguitch Lake] - Northern
Pygmy-Owl. First heard one owl start calling very close to the cabin. Then
heard a second owl respond from across the meadow in front of the cabin. The two
owls continued to call for several minutes. Both were moving frequently around
the area.

Weston Smith (30 Sep 2018) - [East Canyon SP--Reservoir] - Red-necked
Phalarope. Non-breeding phalarope with dark spot around eye area, small bill
and dark under wings. Do to box cleaning I didn't take more that binoculars with
me. Bird was with Eared Grebes about 200 yards from shore. Also seen: Common
Loon

Weston Smith (29 Sep 2018) - [East Canyon SP--Reservoir] - Looked like a
female but with dark eye so guessing a juvenile. Bird hanging with Common
Merganser at south end. A bit early.

Weston Smith (20 Sep 2018) - [Lost Creek--Croydon] - Rufous
Hummingbird. As I was pulling out of driveway to head to work an orange
hummingbird flew past van headed towards feeder on our front porch. Bird sat on
feeder for several seconds at about 20 feet from van. This was an adult male
Rufous looking just like the one I photoed and posted on ebird 9/11/18. I was
unable to get photos this date due to need to get to work. This is a late
hummingbird and an adult male very rare here past mid August.

Weston Smith (8 Sep 2018) - [East Canyon SP--Reservoir] -
Golden-crowned Sparrow. One sparrow mixed with a group of im. white-crowned,
song and other common sparrows that looked a lot like a white-crowned but lacked
any noticeable line through or behind eye, breast/sides/throat were tones of
gray with no noticeable buff (brown or orange) coloration, bill was dark gray to
near black (more like the song sparrows in flock) no yellow/orange/red
coloration of the white-crowns and no visible dirt on bill, crown was mostly
like the white-crowns. Bird was seen in a bush from about 20 feet with 10 power
binoculars for about 30 seconds to a minute, and was within a foot of a
white-crowned for good comparison and is why I noticed it. Birds flushed onto
private property when I moved to get camera. Spent 30 minutes pishing and
looking in area with no luck of finding any of the flock.
-- Also seen: Canada Goose, Cinnamon Teal, Northern
Shoveler, Gadwall, American Wigeon, Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Common
Merganser, Wild Turkey, Eared Grebe, Killdeer, Wilson's Snipe, Spotted
Sandpiper, Solitary Sandpiper, Ring-billed Gull, California Gull, Golden Eagle,
Red-tailed Hawk, Belted Kingfisher, Northern Flicker, American Kestrel, Warbling
Vireo, Black-billed Magpie, Violet-green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Black-capped
Chickadee, American Robin, Gray Catbird, House Finch, American Goldfinch,
Chipping Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow, Fox Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Song
Sparrow, Green-tailed Towhee, Spotted Towhee, Western Meadowlark, Yellow
Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Lazuli Bunting

Neil Paprocki (26 Sep 2018) - [7200 W, Salt Lake City, UT] - PALM
WARBLER. I was watching a large mixed-flock of mostly YRWAs when I heard an
unusual chip from behind (east) me. I turned around to watch a small warbler fly
in and land on a Tamarisk to my west. As soon as the bird landed it pumped its
tail several times and I knew I had a Palm Warbler. The bird foraged in the
Tamarisk in front of me for less than a minute before taking off and flying west
and out of view. Others relocated the bird later near my initial sighting
location: 40.7630, -112.0651. Along side canal (Brighton Drain) running west off
of 7200 W; not signed as private. Record submitted to the UBRC. 4th county
record for Salt Lake
-- Also seen: Canada Goose, Mallard, Green-winged
Teal, American Avocet, California Gull, Snowy Egret, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed
Hawk, American Kestrel, Common Raven, Horned Lark, Barn Swallow, House Wren,
Sage Thrasher, European Starling, American Pipit, Lesser Goldfinch, Grasshopper
Sparrow, Brewer's Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow, Western
Meadowlark, Red-winged Blackbird, Orange-crowned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler,
Wilson's Warbler

Weston Smith (12 Sep 2018) - [Kennecott Tailing Ponds] - White-winged
Dove. Two doves a bit larger than mourning doves with tail like
collared-doves and had large white bars on top of wings parallel to body at mid
wing. Birds flushed from sunflowers along railroad south of where pacific loon
and trumpeter swan reported few weeks ago. I saw them well for 30 seconds or so
but cannot have electro pics on while working so no pictures. This is private
property but one may see them from 201 highway flush up as trains go through the
sunflower area.

Ryan Carle (10 Sep 2018) - [Bullet Canyon] -
Brown-crested Flycatcher. Had a great look at this bird but unfortunately
could not photo-document it; This bird was in a riparian thicket in bullet
canyon. It was clear on first impression and subsequent analysis that it was not
an ash-throated flycatcher. The bill was noticeably longer and stouter than an
ATFL and the bird appeared overall larger than an ATFL. The belly was pale
yellow, it had a gray throat, and the upperside of the tail was very reddish.
Belly appeared paler yellow than a great-crested flycatcher's would. The main
differentiation between this bird and an ATFL was the larger size and much
larger bill--all three observers are quite familiar with ATFL and none of us
thought this bird was an ATFL.
-- Also seen: Williamson's Sapsucker, Gray
Flycatcher, Pinyon Jay, Woodhouse's Scrub-Jay, Common Raven, Juniper Titmouse,
Bushtit, White-breasted Nuthatch, Rock Wren, House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Brewer's Sparrow, Green-tailed Towhee, Yellow-breasted Chat, MacGillivray's
Warbler, Wilson's Warbler

Paul Gardner (25 Sep 2018) - [New Canyon Road] -
Townsend's Solitaire. Townsend's Solitaires have moved from higher
elevations to the pinyon-juniper and are singing and calling as they establish
their winter habitat.

Paul Gardner (23 Sep 2018) - [Sanpete Valley west of
Ephraim] - Wood Duck. This was the surprise of the day. There were six
Wood Ducks on the most eastern of Ephraim City's sewage ponds. One was a mature
male. One was a mature female. The others were immature.

Casey Clark (30 Sep 2018) - [Christmas Meadows CG] - CANADA JAY.
Forest Service noted a group of five or six sticking close to the Christmas
Meadows parking area picnic tables yearly. Was able to relocate next day in same
area. Was able to snag a very horrible photo before battery depleted.

Rachel LeBlanc (22 Sep 2018) - [Promontory Ranch Rd] - Gray Partridge.
Saw a couple of partridges were feeding near the Rail-Trail about a mile in from
the trailhead. Was surprised to see them but looked on e-bird and looks like
there is a small population in this area. Sweet!

Marcus Roening (19 Sep 2018) - [Mirror Lake Hwy--Bald Mtn] - Black
Rosy-Finch. Located about 1/2 mile from trailhead at the base of the cliff
in the talus. Seen within the first hour of the morning (same for most every
other bird on the list). We just sat on some large rocks half way up the talus
and watched them feed around us. Highlight was watching 23 of them go after an
American Kestrel. In basic plumage with gray crowns, black body feathers with
gray edges, pinkish yellow bill, faint wash of rose on flanks and wing bars.
Juveniles all gray with 2 buffy wing bars that looked yellow in morning light.
Eye ring and pinkish yellow bill.
-- Also seen: Red-tailed Hawk, American
Three-toed Woodpecker, American Kestrel, Common Raven, Mountain Chickadee,
Red-breasted Nuthatch, Brown Creeper, Rock Wren, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Mountain
Bluebird, Townsend's Solitaire, American Pipit, Cassin's Finch, Pine Siskin,
Chipping Sparrow, Dark-eyed Junco (Gray-headed), White-crowned Sparrow,
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)

Steve Clark (20 Sep 2018) - [Woodland Hills, UT] -
Rose-breasted Grosbeak. I have been watching a Black-headed Grosbeak still
hanging around in the yard the last few days. This Grosbeak arrived at the pond
and I thought it was this same one when I saw it fly in. Until I got binoculars
on it and noticed it was quite different looking. The first thing I noticed was
the bird had an extremely white eyebrow, instead of the buffy/yellowish eyebrow
of the BHGR. It was extensively streaked along the breast and flanks. Red/orange
breast that turned more pale yellow as it moved down to the belly. I could not
distinguish whether the bill was bicolored or just straight pale. It got a drink
first and then a half a minute later took a quick bath in the pond. I chose to
watch and study it rather than run for my camera. I ran and got it after, but
had missed my chance for a photo. Immature male.

George Webb
(26 Sep 2018) - [Lytle Ranch Preserve] - Black-tailed Gnatcatcher.
This bird is not rare in this location. Gnatcatcher about 4 inches in length.
Gray above and mostly black tail. Distinguished mostly by call which is more
raspy than blue-gray. Male's cap was not very black because it is post breeding
season. No question on Identification. Have seen these before quite a few times
in this location.
-- Also seen: Blue-winged Teal, Cinnamon Teal,
Wild Turkey, Mourning Dove, Northern Harrier, Red-tailed Hawk, Red-naped
Sapsucker, Common Raven, Verdin, Bewick's Wren, White-crowned Sparrow, Spotted
Towhee, Yellow-rumped Warbler